What I Was Thinking When George Killed Gatsby

When George killed Gatsby, I was kind of surprised that George had the mindset to actually kill Gatsby in plain sight. I thought that George was the kind of guy who just sat back and let things happen without him having to do anything at all. But I was completely wrong. What I thought was even more surprising was that George killed himself right after he killed Gatsby. I guess he didn't want to deal with the punishment he was going to face for murder in the first degree. At the time, I though that this event would benefit me for the better. I thought that now there would not be this guy trying to steal my wife, and I would not have to constantly tell Gatsby to back off from her. Before George killed Gatsby, I was actually considering killing Gatsby myself. Right after Myrtle's death, it looked to me that George actually thought that I killed Myrtle. I know a couple of times that I have been mad and sometimes violent with Myrtle, but I would never go to the extreme and kill her. I liked her too much as a person. But every time I walked up to George in his house, he had his hand on a gun in his pocket like he was going to kill me. At that point, I knew that I had to tell the truth, that Gatsby drove the yellow car that killed Myrtle. I actually didn't know if Daisy or Gatsby was really driving the car, but I was so angry at what Gatsby did at the hotel earlier at the day that I had to put the blame on him. It was the only choice. Knowing George, I thought that nothing would even happen to Gatsby because George is to weak to do anything useful. When the murder finally happened, I began to think what might happen to me if they knew I was the one to tell George that Gatsby ran over Myrtle. Then everyone would know that I lied, and they would come after me. I was the most weary of Nick, because he knew Gatsby would never do anything like that. Overall, I thought that Gatsby deserved his death, and that society could finally go back to its normal lives without him.